using reCAPTCHA to identify street names and business addresses ?

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  1. 30hz

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    "for the few like me who did not know "
    Have you started seeing images in online reCAPTCHAs that look suspiciously like house numbers pulled from Google Street View? Well, as it turns out, that’s exactly what they are. Google confirmed it’s currently running an experiment that involves using its reCAPTCHA

    here the full article
    h**ps://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/google-now-using-recaptcha-to-decode-street-view-addresses/
     
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  4. muaB

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    its sneaky

    recently they started with italian street names.

    there are some new names you can enter wrong and its getting accepted.
     
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    its going like that for a while now.
     
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